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Media In / Riyadh 9 July 2018
The Saudi Electricity Company started operating the generation plant and the complex North Promise, which depends in part on solar energy in the generation of electric power, in the framework of the company’s efforts to support economic and development projects and industrial zones in all regions of the Kingdom. The new plant, which works on natural gas as a main fuel, is part of the company’s strategy for advanced electric projects that take into consideration the environmental conditions of the region, reduce thermal emissions while providing fuel while meeting the needs of the industrial city. To support the Kingdom’s approach to renewable energy. Al-Shihah said that Saudi Electricity has invested more than 3.75 billion riyals in the solar power generating plant with solar power mirrors. It has also invested in the construction of transmission stations, transmission lines and ground to supply the city of Al-Shamal and its industrial projects with electricity. The Kingdom and linking it with the company’s electrical network, thus completing the connection of all electrical networks in the Kingdom. The new plant adopts the integrated composite cycle system (ISCCP) and modern gas turbine techniques that reduce carbon emissions and nitrogen oxides to reduce environmental pollution, increase efficiency and produce 50 megawatts of power through the CSP. The plant also seeks to provide 4 million barrels of fuel Equivalent during the period of its operation. “The implementation of the plant began in April 2014, after signing contracts for the supply, installation, testing and operation of 4 transformers with a total capacity of 1,204 MVA, and 61 cutters, capacitors and reactors, and then signed a contract with a global company to establish the station in In December 2015, with a total capacity of 1,390 megawatts at peak time. “
